I' m new here, therefore just two word to introduce myself. I' m in the IT field
since 15 years, but I confess education was a foreign world for me since four years ago,
when my daughter Alice was born. This event stimulated me in exploring children development,
I read a lot of books, among which Papert's ones where of course very fascinating for me.
Alice use to have fun with my computer, she plays with this simple one-key program where the key
is the initial of the Italian word for the action (with MSWLogo):
to action :opt
if memberp :opt [ 65 97 ] [ fd 20 stop ] ; "aA"
if memberp :opt [ 73 105 ] [ bk 20 stop ] ; "iI"
if memberp :opt [ 83 115 ] [ lt 45 stop ] ; "sS"
if memberp :opt [ 68 100 ] [ rt 45 stop ] ; "dD"
if memberp :opt [ 84 116 ] [ home stop ] ; "tT"
if memberp :opt [ 67 99 ] [ clean stop ] ; "cC"
if memberp :opt [ 82 114 ] [ setpencolor [ 255 0 0 ] stop ] ; "rR"
if memberp :opt [ 86 118 ] [ setpencolor [ 0 255 0 ] stop ] ; "vV"
if memberp :opt [ 66 98 ] [ setpencolor [ 0 0 255 ] stop ] ; "bB"
if memberp :opt [ 78 110 ] [ setpencolor [ 0 0 0 ] stop ] ; "nN"
if memberp :opt [ 71 103 ] [ setpencolor [ 255 255 10 ] stop ] ; "gG"
if equalp :opt 48 [ pu stop ] ; "0"
if and :opt > 48 :opt < 58 [ ~
pd ~
make "size :opt - 48 ~
setpensize list :size :size stop ] ; "1-9"
end
to baby
make "ret 0
icon [ Commander ]
setfocus [ MSWLogo Screen ]
;action loop, exit with "fF"
while [ not memberp :ret [ 70 102 ] ] [ ~
keyboardon [ ~
make "ret keyboardvalue ~
action :ret ] ]
keyboardoff
unicon [ Commander ]
end
Of course she can't read words, but she quickly recognized the single letters and numbers
on the keyboard involved in this play.
Now, about my question: I sadly found that here no primary school use Logo (..and computers anyway!),
I' m trying to promote it. One of the practical problem is the cost for the equipments,
and I would like to hear from your experience what is the minimum ratio of computers in a classroom
that works. Usually, reading of Logo-stories in school, it seems like every kid can play with his own,
I don' t know what happen when sharing few machines...
Thanks
Alessio
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